Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-01-04
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touno VI suo htu&OHio Rbosy ooo Aoos abh
commenced 10 unfold With al Of the
Eslations u = III sustain 70 the futEfa %
WilntngtUn eoA our coru mon WeAlt' 4,
Living ss We do In tho central nov, Ws
look back over the tolls end triuU Ipht
Of the past with restful spirit, VI .Athsu
We had successes or reverses; tut tc
the future we experience . 'Aipaled
anxiety Of hope and fear, becs .ose spou
the structures Of the presey 4 end the
plans Of the new time, der end the fu-
tuFe prosperity Of our cit./ - we'll ss
tho size Of every mans tank account.
He who builds best bt lids lsss, 10 {
motto that exactly hts. the rapid do,
OF all Amf fican cities, aud
the vigorous oivilisas 0u Of which ~
are component pOt. II we wish q
march to tho music OF American pro
grsss We must fAvest ourselves oi
narrow.mindedne N; the city fathers
should snticipa'A ten 'yosfs Of future
time, and then 'Ihey viii feel that they
planned too Iall In more cases thar
too large for ne city's good.
Perhaps tfIere 10 nothing IL modern
improveme Ats moro telling than rapid
and easy ommunicatio1, In which ouI
city is "a iy deflicient. Oommuntcatlou
In every way, within our owa borders
and vita the outside world, eitt or by
telephtdne. letter or personal transpor
ntions . city OF over afty thousand in-
habitAnts and only three miles OF street
car track, which It should havo been fif
teen years sgo. e75, zoo, 900 invested Ia
she U. 3. and rapidly increasing except
here.
Maryland avenue and the Pullman
Oar Works ought TO be connected,
Rivsfview cemetery and 6ilverbrook,
and the west aud east side BY 6eventh
and Ninth ought to be trsversed BY
street oars for the Accommod odAtien oi
our workmen morning and evening,
from tho west to the east side Of eui
town, and our market basket carriers
at oil times. - we'll ~ for every cause,
the public have TO use street cars.
Some OF the city fathers say vii.
minston IL not city that will patronixe
street cars, but We dispute that point.
One company that we have pays 3 divi-
dend and We Are glad to know that q
limo 10 TO extend 70 Rivsrview cemetery
which will take In Brandy wine vii.
lage. and which ought 70 have been
accommodated years ago. A miscon-
ception has prevailed that u would not
pay to run 70 accommodate outlying
plsces, but they are Just the people
who want to ride long distances and
their low rate of rent and cheaper
properties will enable them to avail
themselves Of this advantage or the
whole Argument In favor OF street cars
falls TO the ground. It has been thirty
years since they were introduced and
they have revolutionixed every city
except our own by giving business
centres TO business and carrying pri
vate residenoes on to the ever widening
OF cities where cheaper and
more airy locations induced the con-
OF psllatial residences, which
In turn have produced other business
while population has grown
Into magnificent numbers.
VI the enhancement In the value Of
property along their lines there is no
4 ueetion.
The location OF the new postoffice
will undou btedly be Ninth and Shtpley,
on Ninth, whereon . cross SEQ
lion OF oars, BY all meAns, ought TO be
run 30 ~ to connect the West Side with
the dwellers ut Kingswood, over Elav-
ebth street bridge. A good grade
oould be struck from Mary land avenue.
Madison and Ninth streets to intersect
the Spruce street line, which should be
extended over Eleventh street bridge,
- above Indicated. The Ninth street
line could easily be extended out Ninth
AND across to the new Baltimore and
Station, and by exchal ge
made to accommodate many travellers
by that line.
We believe the people Of Wilmington
are no exception to tho common run of
They will patronise street
care IL the cars accommodate them, but
Il they can only get transportation ono
third or one-half of the distance they
wish to 20 they will skip the cars alto
esther and go af0ot, just ~ people any
whore else would do. That meets the
argument Of the old company that vii.
minRton Ii not street car town.
Take Ninth street M . basis to people
living three or four squares east or
west OF Market street, the existing line
furnishes but mesRre accommodation
10 the p, w. Il B. depot, and probably
there are rs many living six or eight
squares away to whom the cars are no
more than q nRme.
IL street oars pay In Richmond. Char
es.on and Savannah, with less popula-
Ion and wealth at Ave oent fares, It
will pay here most assuredly. There is
30 better precedent for city or State
,taft than is found 10 our Western
States, where they resort to street cars,
team cars. electric light aud telephonio
'om N anicattons and advertise them 70
he world. and their success is marvel.
ms Ia our eyes. l have always asked
ne question II the same success could
lot be had here II the same known
neans were employed.
Let 1887 give us q better record than
70 predecessors in energy and enter |
rise; In novelties as we'll as In i'm
and enhancement In value
i our beautiful city.
To any who have seen the bustling
md busy oit.es Of the West, and drop
nto our weird streets OF half dozen
'sople In sight at q time. or An occa-
'onal express wagon or agrocsryman's
Ieivery wagon at some one OF the miles
!! private Residences, no merry ginRle
u the street car bell, and but one bust |
ess centre In town, they would say \
hoy had gotten into Dixie Land, where !,
hb people are good enough, but oh, 90 /
lowi What you need Is q dtsburso- |
nent Of bueiness to other centres, and . |
OF what you have. Let
he authorities aud capitalists unite to
uggest and put In operation street cars
nd many other needed I'm provements,
nd make our city full of attractive
ess, and worthy to be what she Is, the
,etropolis of q State. ZEN.
Wilmington, Del Jan. 8, 1887.
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